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I survived idiocy of managers asking for Y2K compliant padlocks. As in, physical padlocks.
Hope you charged them double.
Netscape
Tamagotchi
Bobwehadababyitsaboy
Pshhhkkkkkkrrrrkakingkakingkakingtshchchchchchchchcchdingdingding
Not a word, but the phrase "going online". As in not being constantly connected at all times. We had to actually "get" online to look at stuff.
Discman - so much better than the Walkman. =)
Baud. Maybe kilobauds.. That and "da bomb" are very memorable to me from then...
Kkrrrsshhhbiiieieiekkkkrrrrriieiekkkrrsshshshbriiieie
"Information superhighway"
Two words, I know.
BRRRRphhhhttttttbrrrrrraaaaaapppppingtingtingBOINGBaTingBatingtingphhhhhhhhttttt.....
The sounds of the internet, volume one.
Floppy disks (or "diskettes").
Also, Y2K.
Clear craze.
As in technology. Translucent gadgets were all the rage. Not quite one word, I was going to go with translucent, but found it actually had a name.
Cowabunga
Slime/goop
The 90s had an obsession with slime/goop. Toys, mascots, etc.
IRC and ICQ
autoexec.bat
Wazzzzuuuuuuuup!
with entirely to much tongue.
Cowabunga
Hypercolor
MiniDisc
Hackysack

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